| To give you a tiny sampling, a flavor of what | | | | Sankharupadanakkhandho Mental processes as an |
| Theravada Buddhist monks chant every morning, | | | | aggregate for clinging, |
| following are a few stanzas of the Buddha's exact | | | | Vinnanupadanakkhando. Consciousness as an |
| teachings in his native Pali language (with translations), | | | | aggregate for clinging. |
| which have been precisely kept intact by his order of | | | | ... Rupam aniccam Bodily Form is inconsistent |
| monks for over 2500 years, or since three months | | | | Vedana anicca Feeling is inconsistent |
| after the Buddha's death. Chanting these words as a | | | | Sanna anicca Perception is inconsistent |
| group insures that the words never become altered | | | | Sankhara anicca Mental processes are inconsistent |
| or embellished over the centuries, assuring that these | | | | Vinnanam aniccam Consciousness is inconsistent |
| words are what the Buddha actually spoke. | | | | Rupam anatta Bodily form is not self |
| Jatipi dukkha jarapi dukkha maranampi dukkham. Birth | | | | Vedana anatta Feeling is not self |
| is stressful, ageing is stressful, death is stressful, | | | | Sanna anatta Perception is not self |
| Soka-parideva-dukkha-domanassupayasapi dukkha, | | | | Sankhara anatta Mental processes are not self |
| Sorrow, lamentation. Pain, distress, and despair are | | | | Vinnanam anatta Consciousness is not self |
| stressful. | | | | Sabbe sankhara anicca All processes are inconstant |
| Appiyehi sampayogo dukkho piyehi vippayogo | | | | Sabbe dhamma anattati All phenomena are not-self |
| dukkho yamp iccham na labhati tampi dukkham | | | | Te mayam otinnamha jatiya jara-maranena, sokehi |
| Association with things disliked is stressful, separation | | | | paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upayasehi, |
| from things liked is stressful, not getting what one | | | | dukkh'otinna dukkha-pareta. All of us, beset by birth, |
| wants is stressful, | | | | ageing, and death, by sorrows, lamentations, pains, |
| Sankhittena pancpadanakkhnada dukkha, In short, | | | | distresses, and despairs, beset by stress, overcome |
| the five aggregates for clinging are stressful. | | | | with stress |
| Seyyathidam: Namely; | | | | Appeva nam'imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa |
| Rupupadanakkhandho, Bodily form as an aggregate | | | | antakiriya pannayethati O, that the end of this entire |
| of clinging, | | | | mass of suffering and stress might be known. |
| Vedanupadanakkhandho, Feeling as an aggregate for | | | | (And then, of course, the Buddha, the great |
| clinging, | | | | physician, goes on to tell us exactly how, step by |
| Sannupadanakkhandho, Perception as an aggregate | | | | step, to get beyond all of this)! |
| for clinging, | | | | |